Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

睦: intimate, friendly

Also: harmonious

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

目 carries the meaning · 土 and 儿 are drawn in

13 strokes
  • Small seal · Qin
  • Today

Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Two readings, and the words that use each

ボクboku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 親睦しんぼくfriendship; amity

むつまじいmutsumajii · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 睦言むつごとlovers' talk; whispered intimacies

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 睦月むつきfirst month of the lunar calendar

Also read モク, むつむ, むつぶ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“See the world through this upright window! This is an eye standing tall.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Also read モク

3 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · mù

Same form: 睦 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
睦 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
睦 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin mù most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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